Folk Art Clown

A pr. of early 20th century carved wood carnival clowns with original paint.
Presently converted into table lamps

For your consideration we have a vintage Litho Tin Toy - Smiling Sam the carnival man clown wind up mechanical toy bobble head.

The happy face on this smiling clown by Ron Lee will be a welcome addition to your collections. He is greeting you by raising his top hat and you can just imagine him getting ready t...

19th century hand carved French wooden cookie mold depicting a clown riding a bicycle. Thick wooden block, probably chestnut. Iron hook at the top of the piece for hanging or display...

Originally entitled “Palhacinho”, the light hand-carved wood sculpture by Márcio Lira becomes from Igarassu, Pernambuco (Brazil). The artist likes figurative figures and often repres...

Originally entitled “Palhacinho”, the light hand-carved wood sculpture by Márcio Lira becomes from Igarassu, Pernambuco (Brazil). The artist likes figurative figures and often repres...

Native American Hopi Pueblo Clown Kachina Mask. Ethnographic Hand Painted Folk Art Collectible.

Aage Hogfeldt (American, 1925-2014) A clown bust made from concrete and found lamp parts. 10 by 10 by 17 inches In 1954 Aage Hogfeldt founded an artist colony in an old icehouse...

Schoenhut toy clown, all wood construction, hand painted.

Item: Articulated Clown Marquette This lot is an early to mid-20th century articulated Marquette in the form of a clown. This item was discovered in Belgium from a private collect...

These early to mid-20th century oversized handstitched leather clown shoes are just that, not just because of the amazing attention to detail across each stitched section, colour sch...

Amazing early 20th century clown shoes. We love these, The shape, the naïve construction, and the quirky sculptural form. Constructed from old pine planks of wood and leather buckle...

Toy acrobatic rocking painted tin plate clown A great little piece, handmade based on a victorian animated toy The little clown is set spinning and when he reaches the end he rev...

The English clowns shoes and makeup box We are proud to offer a rare set of handmade English leather clown shoes accompanied by this handmade wooden make up box. The shoes are extr...

Early 20th century handmade clown shoes We are proud to offer a unique and highly collectable original leather handmade clown shoes. A unique shape with lots of character and displa...

Early 20th century English clown shoes We are proud to offer an original early 20th Century handmade leather clown shoes. Made from handstitched leather soles, adjustable leather bu...

Fantastic early pair of clown shoes in black, white, and burgundy leather.

Whimsical cast iron horse drawn articulated toy that depicts a clown who, when rolled across a flat surface, fans himself by waving his right arm back and forth. It was manufactured ...

Vintage "Rolly Dolly" Clown Toy of German manufacture, circa 1910; capitalizing on the popularity of the circus clown during that time period. For collectors, this would be a diminu...

Rarely seen red nose cast iron clown carnival shooting gallery target. Layers of fantastic original park paint. Perfect color choices and face detail with just the right amount of sh...

Large carnival midway game clown head. Made by the Game Time Company in Litchfield, Michigan.

This vibrantly painted red box with white stenciled letters once held the props of Jingles the Clown.

An amazing pair of c. 1950's clown shoes with several layers of original white paint and rainbow laces from the 1970's. Found in Florida.

Early 20th century clown puppet. A charming yet slightly creepy looking early 20th century hand crafted oversized puppet figure. With hand carved wooden body, fully articulated and ...

This Art Deco statue, crafted in biscuit porcelain, represents the clown Canio, also known as Pagliaccio, the central character from the Italian opera "Pagliacci." Created by Eugène ...

This full size costume looks quite old and could be 1800s. It has and interesting combination of fabrics, bells and lace. It has one small patch in the back but is in amazing conditi...

Great pair of custom made vintage clown shoes. Green and gold...and despite the curly toes....quite comfortable to wear.

FOLKY GROUP OF THREE EARLY 20THC ORIGINAL SCHOEHUT CLOWNS THAT GO TO THE SCHOEHUT CIRCUS.SOLD AS A SET OF THREE ONLY.GREAT AS FOUND CONDITION.

Circa 1930 double sided metal pull toy of a rodeo clown sitting on a bull with articulated arms and legs that move when the wheels turn, all in multi coloured original paint

1930s advertising panel, in lithographed tôle, for the throat lozenges Valda, with a moving acrobat and a clown linked to an electrical mechanism.

This wonderful musical toy was designed to bring a smile to the owner's face. Wind it up with the crank on the side (love the sound the crank makes), pull the lever out from behind t...

Whimsical oil on board painting 'Clown by Joe Arcos 1952.

Hand sculpted pottery clown tobacco jar We are proud to offer a signed and stamped hand sculpted pottery tobacco jar in the form of a clown. With a creepy look through is twisted sm...

The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted i...

The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted i...

Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition.

Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition.

A stunning and very realistic sculpture by Capodimonte Medea by Rori of a clown playing accordion with his monkey featuring vibrant colors and intense detail. A marvel for any colle...

This is a hard to find pre war vintage, Made in America wind up tin toy by The Lindstrom Toy Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1928-1932. The action is fabulous; when wound ...

This fun bright and jolly Folk Art clown makes me smile and brightens my day.

Folk Art up-cycled clown sculpture, 19th and 20th centuries - a clever combination and merging of several old fragments and salvaged material to create a compelling new artwork.

Absolutely great old carved wood clown from an amusement arcade. Originally this had a mechanism inside that made the head spin when a ball hit the center disc on his chest.

This is a well used clown unicycle and a wonderful piece of folk art.

Fantastic pair of vintage custom carnival or circus clown shoes with red and blue diamond stitched designs.

A wonderfully expressive painted clown face adorns this staggered carousel light with vibrant original red, yellow and blue park paint.

Sheet iron carnival shooting gallery target in the shape of a clowns head. Not marked, but thought to have been made by the Macglashan Air Gun company in California. Target still has...

Entertaining clockwork toy that when wound up starts the clown playing his violin in a realistic motion while dancing around at the same time. Excellent condition for this toy, manuf...

This wonderful, charming and pleasing action wind up toy was manufactured by HTC Mikuni Company of Japan, circa 1950s. It is made completely of tin, and is colorfully lithographed in...

When wound up this charming German Schuco toy clown dances around, while raising his arms up and down playing the drum. In excellent all original condition, he has a tin face and dru...

Japanese wind-up toy known and marketed as "Happy The Violinist" marked with the logo "TPS" for Tokyo Plaything Shokai. The logo is further identified by three fingers across from th...

Vintage "Rolly Dolly" Clown Toy possibly by The Schoenhut Toy Company, Germany, circa 1920; capitalizing on the popularity of the circus clown during that time period. Today we c...

Antique cast iron clown bank. This is an original 1910 cast iron A.C. Williams CLOWN BANK that stands 6-1/4"H and 2" deep. This Charming figure is wearing a tall pointed hat and his ...

Vintage one of a kind circus or sideshow hand painted banner with a giant clown balancing a feather on his nose. Original paint on a light canvas sheet. The banner is stamped on the ...

Monumental Hand Decorated Polychromed Terra Cotta Carnival Clown Bust Mounted on Board.

This Vintage Wind up Clown on Scooter is a vintage mechanical toy. Made in lithographed tin in 1950s by Lemezaru Gyar circus in Budapest. Clockwork works perfectly, original ke...

Ladies Balloon Tire Springer Front Bicycle. Fleet Wing Blue bicycle. 26" Period correct whitewall tires show some age cracks . Light does work . Horn does not work . Patina on chrome...

Late 19th century articulated figure with a nicely detailed carved face, navy overalls and red-painted shirt, tie, and shoe.

Fabulous high wheeler bicycle, I believe from the Early 20th century circa 1920s. It seems to be a size smaller than a Penny Farthing and larger than a child high wheeler. Sorry I wi...

Jeu De Massacre Fairground Figure One of the finest examples of a late 19th Century fairground knock down figure we have had the pleasure to obtain, in the form of what resembles...

Rare Vintage Dutch Tandem Bicycle by Burgers including a Tajindia Rolex oil bicycle lamp. Measures: Seat height in front 36 in. seat height in the back 35 in. The history of Burg...

"Articulated Cyclist Toy – Belgian Folk Art, Early 20th Century" Early 20th Century Belgian Folk Art Articulated Cyclist Toy Handcrafted Solid Wood — Rare Colonial-Era Subject — Mech...

Jean Nerfin Oil on Canvas Canadian, born 1922 Landscape in the Mid-Century Modern Paris School style. Painting in nice original condition! Signed and dated bottom right corner.

Painting by An Buskens, Belgium, 1965. Dimensions without the frame of the painting: Height 59 cm. Width 50 cm.

Celebrate American craftsmanship with this charming c. 1940 patriotic whirligig. Crafted from wood and metal, this delightful piece features two men and an American flag, capturing a...

An interesting and whimsical Art Deco period hand carved and painted dumb waiter, this listing is for the butler statue only (the maid has already sold). Born in the early 20th centu...

Art Deco / Modernist style painting titled "Figures in Meditation" by American artist Raymond O'Neill (b.1893 - d.1962.) Oil on board in painted wood frame. American 1930's-1940's...

The glass clown was designed and manufactured in the Mid-Century Modern era in Murano, Italy. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or chiggers.

Collection of worldwide traveler's hand carved folk art masks, circa 1940s - 1970s, possibly earlier. We purchased the estate of an Atlanta Coca Cola executive, who traveled the worl...

Catrin (Dandy) mask Nahua people, Tlaxcala, Mexico Wood, gesso, paint 1950s-1960s Measures: 7? (17.8 cm) high, 6.5? (16.5 cm) wide, 5? (12.7 cm) deep This mask is called the C...

This elegant pair of Chinese figural statues, crafted by renowned Murano glass artist Pino Signoretto in the 1970s, exemplifies the exquisite artistry and craftsmanship for which Ita...

Folk art patriotic shield painting of John Adams, dating to around 1876 and of a large size measuring 41" x 34.5". It is an oil on canvas laid down to boards. There is writing on the...

Benton Spruance, 'A Wind is Rising and the Rivers Flow', color lithograph, 1945, edition 40, Fine and Looney 242. Signed, dated, and titled, and annotated 'Ed 40' in pencil. A fine ...